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Anna Fulton has been a nurse for more than 26 years and her main focus has been women’s health, public health nursing with a maternal/child health focus, and a pain and palliative care nurse. She has also been an ER nurse and a nurse in an OB clinic that served primarily migrant farmworkers. She is certified to provide complementary therapies through the Healing Arts Academy; as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant; a University of Washington NCASTII/NSTEP-P; and as an AANP Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. Anna has worked primarily serving the migrant and under-served population of Yakima, and with individuals who have chronic pain. Anna was member of a board of directors that developed a free pain clinic.

Education

• BSN, Washington State University College of Nursing Yakima, Yakima, WA
• MSN, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

Interests

Maternal child health, women’s health, breastfeeding promotion and support, public health, complementary therapies, pain and palliative care.

Areas of Expertise

Women’s health, Complementary therapies, pain and palliative care

Memberships

• AANP, 2000-present
• Yakima Valley Nurse Practitioners Association, 2 years
• Sigma Theta Tau, 1992-1995
• Phi Kappa Phi – 8 years

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Mentor, 2008
• Undergraduate Scholarship Award, 1993